[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/12/2009 2:30:08 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 121929
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
229 PM EST SAT DEC 12 2009

PAZ054-055-060>062-131000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0012.091213T1200Z-091213T1700Z/
CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
229 PM EST SAT DEC 12 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO NOON EST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE POCONOS...LEHIGH VALLEY AND BERKS COUNTY
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO NOON EST SUNDAY.

A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY AT THE
ONSET OF PRECIPITATION ON SUNDAY MORNING. AS SOUTHERLY WINDS
CONTINUE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY, TEMPERATURES WILL RISE AND BY
THE AFTERNOON ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF PLAIN RAIN.
THE THREAT FOR FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL LAST THE LONGEST OVER THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE POCONOS.

ANY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND OR SLEET SHOULD BE MINIMAL AND ICE
ACCRETIONS FROM THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF
AN INCH. BUT, ANY ICE ON UNTREATED SURFACES WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY
AND HAZARDOUS WALKING AND TRAVEL.
 
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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ROBERTSON/GIGI